graceless wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 6:55 pm
Can someone explain how refin vintage JMs and Jags are going for MORE than original sunburst finishes? It makes absolutely no sense
There’s a weird psychological aspect to it, plus a not-too-insignificant taking advantage of people aspect as well, IMO.
There are a lot of newcomers to the vintage Jazzmaster and Jaguar market and many of them don’t know what to pay, honestly. Add to that the big desire for custom color Jazzmasters that are incredibly hard to come by + increasing values and a few sellers who have noticed that and you get the occasional WTF.
There are definitely a few sellers seeking out beat up or parted out old guitars and restoring/refinishing them in the most desirable custom colors and taking advantage of this. If you knew better you would never pay $7-$8k for a refin 1963 Jazzmaster in today’s market.
The thing is, after everyone shit on offsets for decades a lot of them were parted out or destroyed and now that more people are looking for them, you get a demand/supply problem. Just wait until it becomes profitable to fake Jazz/Jag parts. Jags have a way to go there but Jazzmasters are already commanding high enough prices to the point where I think we will start to see more fakes show up, and continue to see people paying weird money for funky offsets. It’s already happened to some extent in the past (fake gold guards, for example) but it will get worse.